MSP (Microsoft Paint)

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'''MSP''' is the native file format of the ''Paint'' application included with Microsoft Windows versions 1 and 2. It stores bi-level raster images.
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:''This article is about the Windows 1 and 2 graphics format. For the Windows Installer file format of the same name, see [[Windows Installer]].''
  
== External links ==
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'''MSP''' ('''Microsoft Paint''', or '''Windows Paint''') is the native file format of the ''Paint'' application included with Microsoft Windows versions 1 and 2. It is a bi-level raster image format.
* http://www.fileformat.info/format/mspaint/egff.htm
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== Format ==
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Files have a 32-byte header.
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== Identification ==
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Version 1 files begin with signature bytes <code>44 61 6E 4D</code>.
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Version 2 files begin with signature bytes <code>4C 69 6E 53</code>.
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== Software ==
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* [[Microsoft Paint]] (Windows 3.1x version can convert to [[BMP|a .bmp file]].)
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* [[Konvertor]]
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* [[XnView]] (MSP version 2 only?)[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WP:NEEDCITE <sup><nowiki>[citation needed]</nowiki></sup>]
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* {{Deark}}
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* [[RECOIL]]
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== Sample files ==
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* http://www.fileformat.info/format/mspaint/sample/index.htm
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* {{CdTextfiles|carousel344/024/MSP1.ZIP|MSP1.ZIP}}
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* {{DexvertSamples|image/msp}}
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== Links ==
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* {{EGFF|mspaint|Microsoft Paint File Format Summary}}, from the [[Encyclopedia of Graphics File Formats]]
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[[Category:Microsoft]]
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[[Category:Windows]]

Latest revision as of 04:05, 28 December 2023

File Format
Name MSP (Microsoft Paint)
Ontology
Extension(s) .msp
PRONOM x-fmt/214, fmt/912
This article is about the Windows 1 and 2 graphics format. For the Windows Installer file format of the same name, see Windows Installer.

MSP (Microsoft Paint, or Windows Paint) is the native file format of the Paint application included with Microsoft Windows versions 1 and 2. It is a bi-level raster image format.

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[edit] Format

Files have a 32-byte header.

[edit] Identification

Version 1 files begin with signature bytes 44 61 6E 4D.

Version 2 files begin with signature bytes 4C 69 6E 53.

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[edit] Sample files

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